I have decided to join the blogging craze. I am looking forward to taking a moment to find out a little more about the plants I have been photographing. I hope to explore all aspects of plants, flowers, trees and other garden related topics. Sorry about having to watermark the photos but there are a lot of people using them without permission.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Bentham's Cornel Dogwood

This tree was growing at a very unique Botanical Garden in Glen Ellen, California (Sonoma County). Our visit in October was fascinating and to read more about the garden click this link.

The Dogwoods were completely covered with these fruits, which were quite a bit larger than the ‘normal’ Cornus kousa we grow here.

There is a variation that is supposedly hardy to USDA Zone 6 called Cornus angustata though both times I tried it didn’t make the winter even after a couple of years. Cornus capitata is hardy to Zone 8 which is two zones warmer than most of Connecticut.

We made it across Texas to El Paso. I found the hill country to beautiful in a stark, abstract way. I had a visit from the Texas Department of Public Safety about three quarters of the way across. Luckily they just issued me a warning. It’s off to Tuscon where we might spend a couple of days before heading to California.

5 comments:

there is a dogwood here folks call a Japanese Dogwood that looks so much like your photo......blooms much later than 'regular' dogwoods in our woods.....there are several planted on the grounds of the nursing home my parents live, but I had never noticed differencies until then in local dogwoods.